Re: force full duplex
On Wed, 25 Aug 2004, Kevin Mark wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 09:48:23AM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> > On Wed, 25 Aug 2004, Kevin Mark wrote:
> > > here is snip of http://www.ovislink.com.tw/DRIVERS/8139/linux-help.htm
> > tg3 is not rtl8139.
> used google. So, after a second google, I found a closer answer:
> ethtool -s eth0 speed 100 duplex full autoneg off
> http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?admit=716493758+1093440374311+28353475&threadId=542415
In that you did a better job than I did :P
> it also suggests a relationship between the bcm5700 and tg3. It says
> that the tg3 does not accept module options but in some cases you can
> use the bcm5700 which does accept module options like:
> options eth0 line_speed=100 auto_speed=0 full_duplex=1
> in /etc/modules.conf. but I do not have this card, so if someone does...
Actually, with the amount of fixes the tg3 driver got recently, it might be
accepting module options now. Let me check what we have in 2.4.27-debian +
2.4.28-pre1 prepatch... No, the only module option is "debug".
OTOH it does seem to have the ethtool support, so that should work.
--
"One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
Henrique Holschuh
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